Tag Archives: Science

Terminator-like, self-assembling film has human touch sensitivity and applications for robotics, surgery, military.

Birdy backpacks proposed to fight the spread of avian influenza... No, really.

Two discoveries are reminders that Homo sapiens sapiens is just another member of the animal kingdom.

Looking at the space race between the U.S. and Soviet Union from the perspective of the leaders of the two programs.

The reputation of being devil spawn and eaters of little blond girls doesn't do much for a creature's popularity.

Microsoft-sponsored report sees great gains for biology, medicine, climate study - calls for renewed support of science.

A rambling and wry exploration of investigations into what happens when we die.

The permanent melting of sea ice in the Arctic was predicted by climate change models, but it wasn't supposed to happen for decades.

Enables Moore's Law to continue uninterrupted well into the next decade.

All species, even ones like this that seem to have no redeeming qualities in terms of what they give back to the planet, have a role to play.